Ok bring on the hate
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Try Northern Brewer's "Cream Ale" extract kit. It's fairly light and still has plenty of flavor. Basically the best gateway beer from a BMC (Bud Miller Coor's) product into the homebrew/craft beer style you can get IMO.
I've brewed that one three or four times and kept it on tap in the summer time when I have a lot of visitors around that need conversion and they've all loved it.
This was definitely the gateway beer for a lot of my friends. Light and crisp, easy to drink and simply disappears in the summer. In my case it was a Brewers Best kit and to date the best tasting kit I've made (although only 1/2 dozen under my belt).
Already planning more for this summer.
Since most homebrewers love and brew mainly intense, highly flavored beers, homebrewed lighter beer is way underrated IMO. It feels wierd when you're brewing them because they look so watery, but they're SO much better & fresh-tasting than commercial light beers once you iron out the wrinkles get them tailor-made for your tastes. My light batches are always gone so much faster than the heavy ones...
I have to agree with what's been said so far. Lighter can have plenty of taste too. But I do enjoy the salvator dopple bock,amber ales & such as well. Come summer,though,light & flavorful is better. I'm making a few different pale ales that I've been coming up with recipes for.
I based them on the Cooper's OS lager can that comes with ale yeast. With hop additions & 3lbs of Munton's plain malts (un-hopped)-extra light,light,amber. That sort of range.
The light color of the OS lager,or even their lawnmower lager work great as a "base". The Munton's lighter SDME's add just a bit more color,flavor,alcohol. But not dark at all. Good colors Flavors for hot weather,just not medium or heavy. I tried to give the flavors of the mids with some of the clean,crisper qualities of the lights. Try that...
I based them on the Cooper's OS lager can that comes with ale yeast. With hop additions & 3lbs of Munton's plain malts (un-hopped)-extra light,light,amber. That sort of range.
The light color of the OS lager,or even their lawnmower lager work great as a "base". The Munton's lighter SDME's add just a bit more color,flavor,alcohol. But not dark at all. Good colors Flavors for hot weather,just not medium or heavy. I tried to give the flavors of the mids with some of the clean,crisper qualities of the lights. Try that...
Apparently, HBT has won the internet.
cheezydemon3
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OP: I have to agree with everyone else here, I HATE you.
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I like drinking my home brew as much as I like drinking craft beers and as much as I like having a lighter beer (bud light) to drink when I feel like having a lot of beers.
This weekend I went to my buddy's house for some drinking games. I brought some golden ale that I made and everyone loved it for "heavy drinking". It was lighter and easier to drink than the ipa and belgian wit I made.
Seeing as bud is a lager, you can always try making a light lager...if you have the equipment for cooler fermenting temps. Stella is a good one to try.
This weekend I went to my buddy's house for some drinking games. I brought some golden ale that I made and everyone loved it for "heavy drinking". It was lighter and easier to drink than the ipa and belgian wit I made.
Seeing as bud is a lager, you can always try making a light lager...if you have the equipment for cooler fermenting temps. Stella is a good one to try.
cheezydemon3
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Seriously though, I CANNOT relate.
I too like to drink a 12er now and again, so I just brew low acohol batches for that, but I want them to have FLAVOR.
I can no longer take budweiser or even miller.
Last restaraunt I went to had 4 kinds of light lager on tap, nothing else. SWMBO got a miller, I got a coke.
I too like to drink a 12er now and again, so I just brew low acohol batches for that, but I want them to have FLAVOR.
I can no longer take budweiser or even miller.
Last restaraunt I went to had 4 kinds of light lager on tap, nothing else. SWMBO got a miller, I got a coke.
two_hearted
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Tell you what. You and I go halfsies on grains/hops and I'll give you all my second runnings! Win-win.
Isn't that called "sloppy seconds?" lolz I remember the guys at Colonial Williamsburg doin a strong ale,then run it again for table beer,then a 3rd time for small beer.
lazarus0530
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brewit2it said:I'm sure they would but he was asking about beer
Lmao Haaahaaaa
what's funny about this is that I could never stomach light beers. when the micro beer phase hit in the 90's, my friends had just started to do all grain brews and I fell in love. never looked back. as I get older, I can stomach a little of the light beers at concerts and whatnot, but the selection has opened up so I just have to look harder for some skunky newcastle.
on the other hand, I am friends with a huge drinker and he loves light beers. he just started to get one of the production home brewers in town to make 5 gallon batches of his favorite mexican beer which he pays 130-150 for 5 gallons. so, to each their own.
on the other hand, I am friends with a huge drinker and he loves light beers. he just started to get one of the production home brewers in town to make 5 gallon batches of his favorite mexican beer which he pays 130-150 for 5 gallons. so, to each their own.
